What are Mendelian Disorders?

Mendelian Disorders
Cellular localisation and interactions of proteins involved in HCM and DCM. Schematic representation of a section through part of a cardiac myocyte, illustrating the position and interactions of many of the various proteins that have been implicated in HCM and/or DCM (from reference 5). Mendelian-inherited heart disease: a gateway to understanding mechanisms in heart disease Update on work done at the University of Stellenbosch. Brink PA, Moolman-Smook JC, Corfield VA - Cardiovascular journal of Africa (2009 Jan-Feb). Not Altered. CC.

Mendelian disorders are a single gene disorders, when a certain gene is known to cause a disease.